Clean Slate Mediation offers mediator services in Washington, Ramsey County MN and St. Croix County, WI
Mediation is a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that aims to assist disputants in reaching an agreement. This is the formal definition of mediation. Mediation, in real life, is your chance to actively participate and fashion an outcome you truly agree with and support instead of just accepting another party's decision for you.
What is mediation?
- Mediation is a voluntary process. Parties select mediation because there is an issue that must be resolved and settled.
- Mediation utilizes discussion, listening, understanding and cooperation to negotiate a mutually acceptable decision or agreement.
- Mediation is usually less costly and also usually a faster process than traditional legal representation and litigation. Parties are cooperating and working together for a common goal.
- Mediation provides a forum in which people in various types of disputes, conflicts and legal issues can work proactively to create a workable and sustainable agreement.
- A mediator's role is to always remain neutral while facilitating the process. The mediator is always striving to maintain momentum, focus on areas of agreement and work through areas of conflict.
- Mediation services are commonly used in divorce, child custody, business disputes, workplace conflict, and family conflict situations.
Clean Slate Mediation provides a setting to both accept and acknowledge the past and also to start fresh in creating a new and more positive future. The parties in mediation craft that outcome and plan. Attorneys, judges, arbitrators, to some degree, all decide your outcome. They all believe they are working for your best interest but the perspective has shifted from the cooperation and commonality of mediation to instead the "win or lose" attitude of litigation and the judicial system.
Clean Slate Mediation walks with you through the mediation process and ensures both parties' concerns are addressed and honored. To learn more about our services, contact Sheila-Marie at 612-308-9994.
Our service area includes: Minneapolis, St. Paul, MN, Western Wisconsin, Hudson, River Falls, Stillwater, Woodbury, Lake Elmo, Afton, Cottage Grove, Oakdale, Maplewood, White Bear Lake, Washington County, and Ramsey County in Minnesota. Clean Slate Mediation is a neutral mediator.
